São Paulo, March 6, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder on Thursday of Paraguayan radio journalist Gerardo Ceferino Servían Coronel, who was shot to death in Ponta Porã, a small town on the Brazil side of the Brazil-Paraguay border.

Syria is the world’s deadliest country for journalists for the third year in a row. International journalists were killed at a higher rate in 2014 than in recent years. A CPJ special report by Shazdeh Omari

Bogotá, Colombia, October 17, 2014--Pablo Medina Velázquez, a Paraguayan journalist who wrote about the country's illegal drug trade, was shot dead on Thursday along with his assistant, according to news reports. He is the third journalist murdered for his work in Paraguay this year.

New York, June 24, 2014--Authorities in Paraguay should carry out an efficient investigation into the murder of a radio host and lawyer on Thursday, establish a motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

New
York, May 19, 2014--Paraguayan authorities must conduct a thorough investigation
into the death of a radio journalist who was shot dead on Friday, the Committee
to Protect Journalists said today. Fausto Gabriel Alcaraz Garay was killed in Pedro
Juan Caballero, a city on the border with Brazil, an area that is particularly
dangerous for journalists, CPJ research shows.

Dear OAS Ministers of Foreign Affairs: Ahead of the assembly of the Organization of American States on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists urges you to oppose any attempts to debilitate the regional human rights system. The failure of member states to preserve the autonomy and independence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and its special rapporteur on freedom of expression would make citizens throughout the hemisphere more vulnerable to human rights violations and represent a blow to democracy in the Americas.

New York, February 1, 2012--The Committee to Protect
Journalists called today on Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities to conduct a
thorough investigation into death threats against journalist Cándido Figueredo
and to ensure his safety. Police officials confirmed last month that they had
intercepted a phone call between two criminal figures who discussed killing the
Paraguayan journalist, according to local press
reports.